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Drowning Devils The men’s and women’s swim teams both fell to the Tar Heels in a matchup Tuesday night. See page 9

THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Minority presence on West increases Issues of deeper diversity remain By MEGAN CARROLL The Chronicle

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SUBWAY EMPLOYEES prepare sandwiches hurriedly to deal with a nonstop rush of hungry Duke students to the newest eatery on campus. Wait times were as long as 35 minutes as Subway made its debut Tuesday, albeit months overdue.

Long-awaited Subway opens By KIRA ROSOFF The Chronicle

“Hell yeah! Finally!” The exclamation, from the back of a crowd of students waiting patiently for the newest addition to Dining Services, seemed to echo the sentiments of most of the line. Subway, which opened Tuesday morning, brought a horde of students, all eager to try the popular sandwiches. The inaugural sandwich was even handed out for free. Although ARAMARK Corp.—which runs several other campus eateries—had been promising to open Subway since the beginning of the school year, Dining Operations General Manager Steve Lewis said the company had to wait for

the city and county to approve permits, including ones from the board of health and the electrical company. “The process had taken longer than expected, and then, at the review, they decided they needed more electrical drawings because of the age of the building,” said ARAMARK District Manager David Randolph. “We had lighting and the ceiling fan drawings, but not drawings of the existing electrical systems. We didn’t want to put up the wallpaper or signs until we could be sure they would not want us to change the wiring.” Randolph said ARAMARK was expecting to open the West Union Building kiosk Monday See SUBWAY on page 8

The percentage of black and Asian or Asian-American students living on West Campus increased predictably since last year, the Office of Residential Life and Housing Services reported in annual housing statistics released this month About 54 percent of black students live on West this year, an increase from 33.2 percent since fall 2001. Bill Burig

West—and sophomores’ subsequent ineligibility to live on Central or in Trent Drive Hall. William Chafe, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences and vice provost for undergraduate education, said additional diversity was '

one of the major objectives of the new residential life system, much of which was based on a vision for West Camthat Chafe pus helped develop. “Creating a new sense of community among all students Meanwhile, the was a primary goal, black presence on Central Camand that would automatically make West a more diverse pus dropped by 10 percent. Additionally, 74.8 percent of campus,” he said. students of Asian/Pacific deBurig said the availability scent reside on West this year, of resources for sophomores on an increase from 64.6 percent West was just as important a consideration as diversity in in 2001. Bill Burig, assistant dean of shaping the new residential residential life, attributed the policies. “Sophomores are [now] in demographic changes to the new residential life system See HOUSING STATS on page 5 that placed all sophomores on

Kappa Sig may English revises major curriculum signal new trend By ANDREW COLLINS The Chronicle

After the news of Kappa Sigma’s decision to dissolve as a University-recognized group hit campus, members of fraternities said dissolution is becoming an increasingly viable option.

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By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle

His freshman year, Mark Boyd rushed three very different fraternities: Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Sigma. Despite their differences and even rivalries, three years later all three groups find they now share the same fate—they are no longer University-recognized fraternities Boyd, now a junior who ended up in Kappa Sig, gained “former fraternity member” status Saturday, when Kappa Sig dissolved in the face of looming sanctions from its national organization and the University. “[Saturday] was one ofthe saddest days of my life because my Duke experience would have been miserable without this frat,” Boyd said. “You can say it’s exclusionary and that we act like jackasses, but we’re also a

brotherhood.” Kappa Sig is the latest selective living group to have lost or given up University recognition in the last few See GREEK LIFE on page 6 .

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The English department will be overhauling its major with what Director of Undergraduate Studies lan Baucom called a “significant reimagination of the curriculum The revised major, approved last month by the University, will model itself in part on the freshman FOCUS Program, asking students to concentrate on a specific topic through focus clusters of about three linked courses. “What we’re going to do is ask students to pursue some common question or thematic across the subfield,” Baucom said. Possible clusters include The History of the Book, Creative Writing, Theory of the Novel, Gender and Sexuality,The Science of Literature, and Psychoanalysis and Literature. Students will also have the option to design their own focus in a chosen field. “[The new plan] provides a much more imaginative course of study” said Susan Willis, associate professor of English. “Students map their curriculum rather than take courses by rote.” Several professors said another benefit of the cluster system would be increased conversation and collaboration among faculty and students. Classes within a given cluster will apply fundamental texts used in previous cluster classes,

SHAKESPEARE, MILTON AND CHAUCER will no longer be among the for-

mal requirements for the English major—one of several curriculum changes.

Dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences William Chafe stressec j at a pre ss conference that a faculty reduction of 50 is an unlikely last resort. See page 3

Three Duke students have founded a campus chapter of the Feminist Majority Foundation to try to empower feminists at the University. See page 3

See ENGLISH on page 8

Undergraduates can take a look at the stars up close with the aid of five new telescopes to be used in a physics class on astronomy. See page 4

World & Nation

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NEWS BRIEFS •

Webster resigns from accounting board

William Webster stepped down Tuesday as head of a new board overseeing the accounting profession, leaving the government’s response to the recent series of corporate scandals in disarray. •

Supreme Court will consider Internet filtering

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide the fate of a federal law that forces public libraries to block access to sexually explicit Internet sites or risk losing their funding. •

Netanyahu threatens Arafat in speech

Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that if he is elected prime minister, his top priority would be to force Palestinian Prime Minister Yasser Arafat into exile. •

Bush sets ultimatum for Iraqi cooperation

President George W. Bush, warning Tuesday that time was running out for Iraq, demanded that Saddam Hussein pledge cooperation with the U.N. weapons resolution by Friday’s deadline or an American-led military coalition would disarm his nation. •

Men charged with wire fraud conspiracy

Three men were charged in White Plains, N.Y. with conspiracy to commit wire fraud by using telephone betting accounts and a computer to manipulate a bet of $3 million at the Breeders’ Cup last month. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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Officials reach deal on security bill White House, Congress strike compromise on homeland security department By ALAN FRAM

The Associated Press

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House and congressional leaders agreed Tuesday to begin pushing a bill to create a Homeland Security Department through Congress this week, moving toward a major legislative victory for President George W. Bush. Congressional officials said they expected the Republican-run House to approve the bill Wednesday while the Democratic-controlled Senate will begin debating it the same day. Possible procedural delays by Senate opponents could delay final passage there until next week. Passage would give the president one of the key parts of his plan for re-

spending to last year’s terrorist attacks. It would also spotlight the political muscle he gained from last week’s Election Day wins by congressional Republicans. “I believe we can get this done. I believe Congress can show the country that they can finish their work on a high note of achievement,” the president said in a day of prodding lawmakers to complete the bill. Passage also would represent a reversal by Senate Democrats who before the election opposed the bill because they said it would undermine civil service protections at the new agency. According to a description circulating on Capitol Hill, the measure would allow airline pilots to be armed

in cockpits, another proposal that became popular after the Sept. 11 attacks. Initial versions of that plan have already passed the House and Senate, but the two chambers have not finished a compromise bill. The bill would also allow a one-year delay in the Jan. 1 deadline for airports to screen all luggage for explosives, and let the new agency do business with American companies that move offshore to avoid U.S. taxes ifthere are national or economic security reasons to do so, congressional aides said.

The bill would drop Senate language that would have established an independent commission to investiSee CONGRESS on page 5

Audiotape indicates bin Laden is alive By ROBERT REID

The Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt —An Arab TV station broadcast an audiotape Tuesday of a voice that a U.S. official said sounded like Osama bin Laden’s. If confirmed, it would provide hard evidence that the al Qaeda leader was alive as recently as last month. The speaker, identified by al-Jazeera television as bin Laden and aired across the Arab world, praised the October terrorist strikes in Bali and Moscow, and warned U.S. allies to back away from plans to attack Iraq. U.S. officials say they have not been able to verify bin Laden’s whereabouts this year. The last certain evidence he was alive came in a videotape of him having dinner with some of his deputies, which is believed to have been filmed Nov. 9, 2001.

In a rambling statement, the speaker referred to the Oct. 12 Bali bombings “that killed the British and Australians the killing last month of a Marine in Kuwait, the bombing of

a. French oil tanker last month off Yemen and “Moscow’s latest operation”—a hostage-taking by Chechen rebels. The audiotape was aired alongside an old photograph of the al Qaeda leader but there was no new video ofhim, and the official in Washington said further technical analysis was needed. Al-Jazeera said it received the tape on the day it was broadcast. Speaking in a literary style of Arabic favored by bin Laden, the voice said the attacks were “undertaken by sons who are zealous in the defense oftheir religion,” and that they were “only a reaction in response to what [PresSee TAPE on page 6

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Chafe calls faculty cuts overstated � Reducing the faculty size by 50 would come only as a last resort for fixing Arts and Sciences budget difficulties. By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle Eliminating 50 faculty positions over the next five years is a worst-case scenario for dealing with a projected Arts and Sciences budget deficit, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William Chafe stressed in a press conference Tuesday. Chafe said he held the conference in response to media reports about the budget, which is projected to run a deficit beginning in 2005. Before the University cuts faculty, he said it will first consider other options, including raising tuition, limiting faculty searches and winning new external grants for faculty research in its new buildings. “This story has taken on a life of its own,” Chafe said. “I have and we have no intention of even thinking of a faculty reduction of that size,” In October, a budget task force headed by Philip Cook, professor of public policy studies, recommended to the

Arts and Sciences Council numerous See CHAFE on page 7

CORRECTION In a page one story in the Nov. 11 edition, The Chronicle incorrectly reported, due to misinformation, that Theta Chi fraternity had submitted a proposal to the administration specifying how they

believe they should be punished. The fraternity has not yet submitted the proposal. See related story, page one

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Health

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INSIDE THE HEALTH SYSTEM

A study at the Medical Center has found that paroxetine—an antidepressant commonly known as Paxil—may be an effective and safe method for treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome, a condition that accounts for 12 percent of primary care visits. According to the study, 65 percent of IBS sufferers got better and suffered no side effects from treatment with paroxetine. •

New role found for metabolic ‘off-switch’

James B. Duke Professor of Medicine Robert Lefkowitz and colleagues have discovered a new role for an important cellular “off-switch" called beta-arrestin that desensitizes receptors on the cell surface. Beta-arrestin—long known to regulate thousands of receptors important to control processes throughout the body, including heart rate, pain tolerance and the euphoric feeling of addictive drugs—also regulates a “second-messenger” molecule called cyclic AM, according to the researchers' paper, published in the Oct. 25 issue of Science. •

Snyderman supports health care change

Acting as chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Dr. Ralph Snyderman, CEO of Duke University Health Systems, called on medical schools to begin implementing “prospective health care," with focus on individualized health planning, disease prevention and early intervention.

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Study recommends aneurysm treatment

According to a study in The Lancet, a London-based medical journal, a method of treating hemorrhaging cerebral aneurysms popular in Europe is safer and more effective than the method more common in the United States. The research supports the practice of “coiling," in which a thin catheter is threaded up from a patient's groin, through the neck and into the aneurysm, where it deposits thin metal coils that clot the enclosed blood. One year after treatment, 24 percent of “coiled" patients in the study were disabled or dead, compared with 31 percent of those treated by “clipping," in which a neurosurgeon saws off a piece of skull, pushes to the aneurysm site and applies a clamp. News briefs compiled from staffand wire reports

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New telescopes aid astronomy education By DANIEL KENNEDY The Chronicle

After our sun, the nearest star is light-years away; but with five new telescopes at their disposal, undergraduates are one step closer to understanding even more distant celestial phenomena. Since receiving five 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes in July, Associate Professor of Physics Ronen

Plesser has been trying to direct attention to the skies. On cloudless nights, Plesser takes his astronomy class out to the Duke Forest, where they use the telescopes to examine the rings of Saturn, the craters ofthe moon or the trajectories of shooting stars. The University granted funding for the telescopes and approved Plesser’s request to shift their viewing location from the top of the Medical Center to the Duke Forest in June. Plesser said he is currently attempting to incorporate observations into the curriculum for Physics 55—Introduction to Astronomy. Students, he said, are still learning to use the new telescopes, which feature built-in software that can locate any star or planet within reasonable distance. “We’re in the process of learning how to efficiently use the fancier tele-

scopes,” he said. “[Currently] we’re doing lots of fun stuff, but we need more reliable observing time to really put it into the curriculum.” The use of the new telescopes and the

establishment of a permanent viewing

area in the Duke Forest indicates greater interest in astronomy, said senior Mark Ammons, a teaching assistant for Physics 55. He added that it is an en-

couraging shift from the University’s focus in the past. “Basically it seems to us that astronomy has never been important here at Duke,” said Ammons, who is majoring in physics. Once the observations are incorporated, they will enhance the learning process as a whole, Plesser said. He em-

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phasized the value of empirical over theoretical learning. “If you can go out in the field and look at these things you begin to acquire a familiarity of them. I can talk

about binary stars and say what they’re doing or I can show you a binary star. It just makes learning a lot more sensible,” Plesser said. “You’ll turn [classroom] material from dry abstraction into things that are real.” Since the beginning of the fall semester, Plesser’s students have examined an array of celestial bodies. Currently, these include a few of the brightest galaxies and clusters, dou-

ble star systems, bright nebulae and other stars and planets, Ammons said.

In addition, Plesser said, students have focused their attention on objects closer to home. ‘We had the most dramatic thing to see in Saturn, and you can see the rings around it,” he said. The Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes have also aided in instructing third

graders from Durham public schools. Some of Plesser’s Physics 55 students have volunteered to teach younger students about the Milky Way galaxy—an undertaking made easier because the telescopes do not have to be manually adjusted in order to conduct observations. Shaambhavi Pandya, a freshman in Physics 55, has helped with instruction See ASTRONOMY on page 6

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HOUSING STATS fro.page, close relation to services that are available on campus,” Burig said. “[Greater diversityl was an outcome we knew would happen simply by looking at overall statistics.” Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, agreed that diversity is only one element of the broader longterm objective to create a more inclusive sense of community. But Moneta added that the greater question is whether students spend more time with students with those who share common identities or interests with them. “Students [from different backgrounds] are going to see each other in hallways and see each other in bathrooms and see each other in common rooms,” Burig said. “[But] I don’t think it’s a prescription for interaction. It might help the possibility for there to be interaction.” Even if students are exposed to different cultures on West, they may not necessarily feel comfortable living with other groups—especially if they have chosen with whom they want to socialize freshman year. “I feel that if people aren’t willing to open themselves up before and expand themselves culturally, they are not going to now,” said Akosua Kankam, Black Student Alliance vice president of community affairs. “If you’re black, you still live with black students.” Administrators agreed that genuine interaction and true diversity extend beyond numbers, and that a more difficult transition lies ahead. “The numbers simply prove the statistical context for working toward a

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greater sense of community,” Chafe said, adding that the impetus for interaction must come from students themselves. “[The stats] don’t do it by themselves.” Thaniyyah Ahmad, Duke Student Government vice president for community interaction, said students living near each other could foster friendships but not necessarily community. “There needs to be something that builds more than just specific individuals’ [relationships] .” Moneta said he has seen more interaction at the student group level this year, which he said was more significant than the report’s numbers. “Whatever the numbers, there’s the beginning of community interaction in quads,” Moneta said. “I’m more inter-

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ested in who people are spending time with than who’s living there.... It’s not just the total numbers but the distribution of numbers.” Sophomore Bryant Harris said he has seen more interaction among separate races this year, but that it is ultimately up to students to facilitate more interaction. “I see a lot more blacks and Asians associating themselves with people outside their races than last year because West was dominated by white fraternities,” Harris said. “[The administration] can try all they want to put things out there for multicultural events... that can unite Duke, but it’ll take time for people to actually want to go out and do that,” he explained.

sufficient job protection. It would require the department to negotiate any workplace changes with the employees’ union and require federal mediation if no agreement was reached. But in the end, the department could make whatever changes it wanted—flexibility that administration officials have argued they will need. That language drew opposition from unions representing federal workers. Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, said that under the bill, civil service protections “will not exist in the new department.” Ranit Schmelzer, spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said Daschle believes the measure’s worker protections do not go far enough, but he would bring the bill to the Senate floor because the new department is needed. She said the bill appears to have enough votes to pass the Senate. “There may be differences of opinion on different components of the legislation but there is no disagreement that we need to complete our work on this bill promptly,” Daschle said in a written statement. Meanwhile, House and Senate leaders were ready to postpone completion of overdue spending bills until at least January.

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TAPE from page 2 ident George W. Bush, the pharaoh of the age, is doing by killing our sons in Iraq and what America’s ally Israel is doing, bombarding houses with women and old people and children inside with American planes.” “Our people in Palestine are being killed, are being subjected to the worst kind of suffering for almost a century now,” the speaker said. “If we defend our people in Palestine the world is disturbed and allied against Muslims under the banner of combating terrorism.” The speaker then castigated U.S. allies that have joined the war against terrorism, specifically Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Germany and Australia. Next he warned: “If you don’t like looking at your

GREEK LIFE from page 1 years. The Annual Review Committee dissolved Old House CC in 2000 and Phi Psi in 2001. Facing restrictions similar to those Kappa Sig faced this year, SAE chose to disaffiliate from its national organization and the Interfratemity Council last January. Kappa Sig followed suit last weekend. “l was sorry that [Kappa Sig] saw [dissolution] not only as an option but as their best option,” Director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Assistant Dean of Students Todd Adams said. “I hope that does not become commonplace.” With groups going on and off social suspensions and probation fairly regularly, Boyd and some others predict that more groups may add “former” to their titles soon. Former SAE president Will Brown, a senior, said he has already heard of groups looking to take similar action. Boyd predicted that Delta Sigma Phi—which is currently on probation for waiting until the next day to clean up a fraternity event—might be among them, but Delta Sig President Joe Elliott, a junior, disagreed. “[Delta Sig] is trying to go the same way the University is going,” Elliott said. “We’re trying to increase our positive reputation, not just our social reputation.” IFC President Jeremy Morgan said no other groups

dead... so remember our dead, including the children in Iraq. “What business do your governments have to ally themselves with the gang of criminality in the White House against Muslims? Don’t your governments know that the White House gang is the biggest serial killers in this age?” In Washington, intelligence officials were evaluating the tape. “It does sound like bin Laden’s voice,” said a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity. We have to complete the technical analysis,” the official said. Audio recordings are easier to make than videotapes which could reveal whether bin Laden is injured, has significantly altered his looks, or is in a vulnerable location that could be given away in a video appearance. Washington reporter John Lumpkin contributed to this report. “

ASTRONOMY from page 4 on several occasions. “Some of the kids are really smart, and they ask questions that I wouldn’t even

ask,” Pandya said. Plesser said he now hopes to obtain a 16-inch Newtonian telescope in the spring, which would ideally be set up in a permanent observatory classroom in the Duke Forest. He emphasized that undergraduate research in astronomy would be very possible in such a setting and with the more powerful 16-inch telescope, which can also be used for astro-photography. Both Plesser and Ammons said they are optimistic about the future of astronomy at the University, and that the telescopes are a positive start. “They give us a completely new range of what we can do,” Plesser said.

were currently in trouble with their nationals—as pened is that the social scene has moved off campus. AlSAE and Kappa Sig were—so he did not expect anoththough some rules—like sororities not mixing in male er group to follow soon. Morgan added that the same living quarters—came from organizations’ headquarweek Kappa Sig left IFC, another fraternity, Chi Psi, ters, Kappa Alpha Order President Graham McWhorter said the University has a role in this evolution. joined the greek umbrella group. “A lot ofthe rules that have always been in place are “The University has no problem with fraternities that aren’t going to create a liability for now being enforced with more attention,” them,” SAE sophomore Alex Johnson said. said McWhorter, a senior. “But for guys like us who throw big parties Adams added that the shift from primawhere there is a chance that students would rily greek-hosted social events to more offabuse alcohol, the University would rather campus events was not entirely negative. us be off campus.” “Greeks can’t be all things to all people all Former Phi Psi president and junior the time,” Adams said. “For many years, Peter Menachem agreed, and was optimistic they played the main role for on-campus social events.... It can be a large burden.” that, as more and more groups dropped University recognition, they would become more The alleged shift off campus does sadden organized—not following Phi Psi’s fate of not many fraternity members, though many also rushing a pledge class after it left campus. believe the culture is now such that groups do Todd Adams Some suggest that Theta Chi fraternity not necessarily need University recognition might be the next to go. University officials placed Theta to survive. Attributing Kappa Big’s decision last week in Chi on probation last semester and caught the group vi- part to SAE’s last semester, some said these decisions showed other groups that dissolution is an option. olating that probation earlier this year. Fraternity memKappa Sig members predict their decision will have bers are working on a proposed punishment to submit to the Office of the Dean of Students, although administraa similar destiny and effect on greek mentality. “Phi Psi and SAE were maybe bigger shocks than we tors have notified them of three other options: revoke were because they were the first,” said Jamal Knight, a their charter, not have a pledge class or lose housing. One change that almost everyone agrees has hap- junior in Kappa Sig. “Now it is more of a viable option.”

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CHAFE from page 3 possible solutions to the budget woes and noted that if nothing else worked, “we could solve it all by cutting 50 fac-

ulty,” Chafe said. The budget shortfall projected for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 academic years is mostly a result of new operating funds that will be required for the new French Science Center and the Nasher Museum of Art, as well as additions to Perkins Library and to the

Sanford Institute for Public Policy, Chafe said. New technological initiatives and classroom renovations will also contribute to the possible $4 million to $6 million shortfall. Chafe said that Provost Peter Lange, himself and others are still discussing

whether to recommend to the Board of Trustees in February a tuition increase of 5 percent instead of the anticipated 4 percent. The move would bring Duke closer to its competitors’ forecasted tuition hikes and would bring in an additional $1.4 million to Arts and Sciences. Two-hundred students could also be added to the Pratt School of Engineering, generating an additional $2 million for the Arts and Sciences budget. Further, the five new buildings and additions that have either broken ground or are still in the planning stages could be spread over a longer period of time—holding off for a year or more the management and operations costs. The deficit could also be off-set by better-than-expected summer school tuition—which helped balance last year’s budget.

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DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES William Chafe announces strategies for dealing with a projected Arts and Sciences budget shortfall at a press conference Tuesday.

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but did not receive the approval of the Durham CEO until Tuesday morning. Most students who went to Subway’s opening said they were excited about a new food option, despite the almost 35-minute wait. “Maybe the line today is just the whole frenzy of Subway,” freshman Eric Weinberg said. “It can’t hurt, though, because they have healthier things than most other places on campus.” ARAMARK chose not to advertise and have a “soft” opening instead, Director of Operations Bruce Eckmeder said. This way, the company could look for areas in which to improve, such as sandwich transaction time. “I don’t think we’re going to have too many problems,” Eckmeder said. “We’re going to have to create stanchions to get traffic flow to The Great Hall. But, like anything, it’s going to take time.” The sandwich shop was closed by 9:30 p.m., however, one and half hours ahead of schedule. The issue of space concerned many students, including sophomore Matt Greenfield, who said the area was too small for such a popular eatery. While most students were willing to stick it out in the line, many opted to eat, instead, at The Great Hall and The Loop. Several pushed their way through the large crowd voicing moans of disgust. One senior who was eating in The Great Hall, Jessica Doerr, said she was deterred by the length of the wait for Subway, but that she would go back when things died down. “I think the sandwiches in The Great Hall are fine,” Doerr said. To combat the wait, Randolph said he hopes to have premade options for students who don’t have time to wait in line. He also said Subway will reevaluate the amount of specialty bread, since, unlike customers at most other Subways, Duke students did not prefer white and wheat breads. Freshman Steve Relyea eagerly stepped in line, and summed up the wait well. “I’ve been waiting for two months,” he said “I can wait for 15 more minutes.”

giving each focus some structural coherence. “[The cluster system signals] a willingness to work together as more of an intellectual community, rather than a group of disparate scholar-critics,” said Maureen Quilligan, chair of the department. English is the first major to explicitly model itself upon the freshman FOCUS program, though Dean of Trinity College Robert Thompson said he hopes more programs follow the department’s lead. “For a number of years, we have been thinking about ways to develop clusters beyond freshman year,” Thompson said. “I think we should see more of that.” The main difficulty for the new system will be putting the vision into practice. Professors will be creating new courses, discarding others, and revising their syllabi to varying degrees to accommodate clusters. Baucom said it may take three to four years to implement the curriculum fully. For the time being, professors seem solidly in favor of the changes, with Quilligan reporting a renewed sense of excitement in the department. The faculty reached its consensus over the course of a year of extensive discussions, which culminated in what Willis called a “euphoric” day-long retreat. Before this change, the English curriculum had not undergone a substantial shift in 20 years. “We have grown with the times,” Willis said. “But the way our major was defined looked like a fossil.” The department tweaked the major in other ways besides the new focus program, creating more numerous but also more flexible requirements. Gone is the old requirement of at least one course in the work of Shakespeare, Chaucer or Milton; the new curriculum assumes these authors will be read and does not prescribe a course, Baucom said. And the former requirement of two courses on pre-1900 British literature has given way to a broader requirement of literature—from any Englishspeaking culture—across the history of English. “What we’ve tried to do is ensure the major is reflective of the broad global range of English literatures,” Baucom said. The apparently increased set of requirements sets the stage for possible student backlash, however, Willis admitted. But he added that the perception of more requirements is misleading. “Students have to get over the initial perception that English is asking for more requirements,” Willis said. “English is asking students to make more choices within re-

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Swimming teams fall to Tar Heels Looking into the By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle

After a successful weekend that saw the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams take three out of four possible meets, the Blue Devils came crashing back to earth Tuesday night when they were swept by their next door neighbors, the North Carolina Tar Heels at Maurice J. Koury Natatorium. In the end, the men fell to the Tar Heels 183-100, while the women lost

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164-123. Despite the loss, several Blue Devils came away relatively happy with the meet as they recorded career and per-

sonal-best times. The women’s 200 medley relay team of Katie Fay, Lauren Comet, Katie Ness and Julia Lewis led the way, swimming one of the fastest times in Duke history as the team touched in at 1:47.83. Ness also broke her personal best in the 100 backstroke by more than six seconds, while Lewis turned in a 24.60 in the 50 freestyle—the best time swam in that event by a female Blue Devil this season. On the men’s side, the 200 medley relay ofDave Peck, Ben Rowland, John Humphrey and Chris Brede was also impressive by Duke standards, posting a season best time of 1:37.70. Peck,

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AMY HALLIGAN placed fifth in the 100 freestyle and fourth in the 200 breaststroke during Duke’s meet against UNC in Chapel Hill.

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victory against a Purdue squad Evan Davis that was 4-5 at the From the cheap seats time. With games at Illinois and against Michigan remaining, Ohio State has only a mediocre chance at finishing the regular season undefeated. If the Buckeyes do make it to the Fiesta Bowl, they better hope that Larry Coker’s Hurricanes aren’t on the other side of the field. A Miami-Ohio State championship game? Canes win by 21, and only because Dorsey sits out part of the fourth quarter. The Rams will make the playoffs. No team has even reached the postseason after starting 0-5, but this See DAVIS on page 12

Tejada beats A-Rod for American League MVP By RONALD BLUM The Associated Press

NEW YORK Miguel Tejada won his first American League Most Valuable Player award Tuesday, easily beating Alex Rodriguez in a vote that valued a winning season over superior statistics. The shortstop for the AL West-champion Oakland Athletics received 21 first-place votes, six second-place votes and one third for 356 points from a panel of the Baseball Writers’ Association ofAmerica. Rodriguez, the shortstop for the last-place Texas Rangers, got five firsts, seven seconds, 11 thirds, four fourths and a sixth for 254 points. New York Yankees second baseman Alfonso Soriano got the remaining two first-place votes and was third with 234 points, followed by Anaheim outfielder Garret Anderson (184) and Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi (162), the winner two years ago, when he played for the As. “I don’t think there can be anyone on earth more happy than I am right now,” Tejada said in the Dominican Republic, where he was scheduled to attend a reception in his honor at the presidential palace. “Inside, I feel fulfilled.” Tejada hit a career-high .308 with 34 homers and 131 RBIs, helping the As win the AL West. Oakland had 103 victories, matching the Yankees for the most in the major leagues.

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During Oakland’s 20-game winning streak, the longest in the major leagues in 67 years, he hit a threerun, ninth-inning homer for the As 18 straight victory, then had a winning bases-loaded single the next night. Rodriguez, whose $252 million, 10-year contract is the highest is sports, hit .300 and led the major leagues in home runs (57), RBIs (142) and total bases (389). Rodriguez also was runner-up in 1996, when the Rangers’ Juan Gonzalez finished first, and was sixth last year. Even with A-Rod’s outstanding season, the Rangers went 72-90, finishing 31 games behind Oakland in the AL West. The only time a player on a last-place team won the award was 1987, when Andre Dawson of the Cubs led the NL in homers and RBIs after giving Chicago a signed contract during the collusion era and letting the Cubs fill in the salary $500,000. Tejada is the third Dominican to win an MVP award, following Toronto’s George Bell in 1987 and the Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa in 1998. Tejada gets a $lOO,OOO bonus for winning added to his $3.5 million salary, and Rodriguez gets $200,000 added to his $2l million salary. Anderson gets a $50,000 bonus. As players have won 11 MVPs, second in the AL to the Yankees, who have 18. San Francisco’s Barry Bonds won his record fifth NL MVP award Monday.

MIGUEL TEJADA became the third Dominican player to win hi: league’s MVP award.

Field hockey earns bid

UNC files appeal

Lowe point in Memphis

The field hockey team learned Tuesday that it had earned a postseason berth. Duke will face James Madison in the opening round of the tournament in Winston-Salem Nov. 16.

UNC appealed the onegame suspensions of men’s basketball players Will Johnson and Jonathan Holmes. The two were suspended for playing in a charity tournament.

Sidney Lowe resigned as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies after the team opened the season with eight losses. Hubie Brown is the team’s new head coach.

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Pair of Wildcats named preseason All-Americans By JIM O’CONNELL The Associated Press

Arizona teammates Luke Walton and Jason Gardner were among the five seniors selected to The Associated Press’ preseason All-America team. David West ofXavier was the leading vote-getter on the team announced Tuesday and was joined by Kirk Hinrich of Kansas and Alabama’s Erwin Dudley. Walton and Gardner became the fourth pair of teammates to be selected to the preseason team, which started before the 1986-87 season. One of the other sets also came from Arizona, Mike Bibby and Miles Simon before the 1997-98 season. Walton and Gardner are two of the five starters returning to the Wildcats, who were ranked No. 1 in the AP’s preseason poll. “We’ve had a lot of outstanding leaders,” Arizona coach Lute Olson said, “and these two would compare with anybody that we’ve ever had.” The 6-foot-9 West, the Atlantic 10’s player of the year the last two seasons, was named on 43 of the 72 ballots from the national media panel, one more than Walton. Gardner was next with 39 votes, while Hinrich received 35 and Dudley 32. Western Kentucky senior Chris Marcus was sixth in the voting with 31, while seniors Nick Collison of Kansas (28) and Brandin Knight of Pittsburgh (23) were the only other players to receive more than 20 votes. The 6-8 Walton led the Pac-10 in assists last season at 6.3 per game, the first forward to do so since the stat

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Basketball Hall of Fame. The 5-10 Gardner averaged 20.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists last See ALL-AMERICA on page 12

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Missouri LUKE WALTON (left) and JASON GARDNER (right) confer during the NCAA Tournament last season, became official in 1974. He averaged 15.7 points and 7.3 rebounds, while shooting 47 percent last season. His family knows something about All-America honors. His father, Bill, was a three-time selection at UCLA from 1972-74 and is a member of the

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Others receiving votes: Virginia 120, Wisconsin 95, Villanova 92, Syracuse 79, Wyoming 61, Notre Dame 58, Boston College 56, Creighton 49, Ohio State 48, Illinois 47, N.C. State 41, Pepperdine 36, Louisville 32, Oklahoma State 30, Texas Tech 26, GeorgiaTech 22, Temple 21, Southern California 20, Louisiana State 13, UNLV 13, Mississippi 9, Stanford 9, Ball State 7, Pennsylvania 7, Georgetown 6, Hawaii 5, Arizona State 4, California 3, Ohio 3, St. John's 3, Memphis 2, Southern Illinois 2, Holy Cross 1, Utah 1.

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RUSHING YARDS Att. G. Jones, FSU 161 T.A. McLendon, NCSU 185 C. Downs, Maryland 143 A. Wade, Duke 163 126 I Williams, Wake 91 N. Maddox, FSU

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RECEIVING YARDS Rec. Yds J. Cotchery, NCSU 48 939 S. Aiken, UNC 58 885 K. Watkins, Ga. Tech 55 816 46 737 A. Boldin, FSU B. McMullen, UVa 711 53 J.J. McKelvey, Clemson 46 683

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Last week in review Saturday, November 9 Clemson 42, North Carolina 12 Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 13 Maryland 24, N.C. State 21 Penn State 35, Virginia 14 Bye: Duke, Wake Forest

This week’s schedule Saturday, November 16 Duke at Georgia Tech, 1:00 North Carolina at No. 16 Florida State, 3:30 No. 19 Maryland at Clemson, 7:45 No. 20 N.C. State at Virginia, noon Bye: Wake Forest

Turning the corner and bringing down Penn State’s Zach Mills in College Station Saturday, Virginia linebacker Darryl Blackstock set the new single-season ACC freshman sack record with his ninth on the year. Blackstock, who tallied 22 sacks in his senior season at Heritage High School in Newport News, Va., passed Duke’s Chris Combs mark of eight takedowns in 1996 and looks to keep the pressure on N.C. State’s Philip Rivers this weekend.

� Crossover Suter-star Already noted for his special teams play twice this year, Maryland’s Steve Suter earned ACC Offensive Back of the Week honors after receiving more playing time as a result of Terps offensive coordinator Charlie Taaffe’s decision to use more multiplereceiver sets in an upset over N.C. State this weekend. Suter totaled 169 all-purpose yards, including a 64-yard reverse and a key 36-yard reception to set up the game-winning field goal.

� Houdini Jr. in College Park Maryland also pulled off what was perhaps the play of the week, or at least the acting feat of the week. With the Terps down by seven in the fourth quarter, quarterback Scott Mcßrien faked a handoff to running back Chris Downs at the 21-yard line, and in doing so faked out the ABC cameraman. While America watched Downs pile up the middle, Mcßrien scooted around right end into the end zone, ball hidden under his arm, to tie the game.

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“If anybody can come back, it’s them. They are two very tough people. But we’re not going to do anything that would jeopardize the rest of the season.” N.C. State head coach Chuck Amato, on tailback T.A. McLendon and wideout Jerricho Cotcherv, who are

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“They’ve got young talent and have been unfortunate by mistakes, but they’re a dangerous team. They really manhandled us last year, so we know what they are capable of.” Florida State head coach Bobby

Bowden, on North Carolina

“There wasn’t much room to work in. There were 22 bodies packed into 20 yards of real estate.” Georgia Tech quarterback A.J. Suggs, on his interception in the back oe THE END ZONE WITH 20 SECONDS LEFT IN A TAILED COMEBACK AGAINST THE SeMINOLES last Saturday

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three years at Duke know that he’s going to start knocking down his shots—it’s just a matter of time. People who are already questioning Dunleavy’s decision to turn pro need to sit down and shut up. If these numbers don’t change by the All-Star break, then

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against a mid-major team so that his squad can see how dangerous such an opponent can be. Coming off games against N.C. State and Georgia Tech, the Blue Devils might be poised to take Butler lightly. Ifthey do, they could get burned. The phrases “Chris Duhon” and “doubledouble” will begin appearing together in print frequently this season. His assist-to-turnover ratio should be tops in the ACC. Regardless of how well they play, the Pittsburgh Panthers will continue to get no respect throughout the season. The Panthers were ranked No. 5 in the preseason AP poll, yet they aren’t even an option on a six-team CNNSI.com online poll asking “who will win the national championship?” Maybe, after they beat UConn for the Big East title, the Panthers will finally get some respect. •

wild card berth. The Dolphins won’t make the playoffs. Though the Dolphins currently have a 5-4 record, Miami has not won a game since quarterback Jay Fiedler broke his right thumb, and backup Ray Lucas has provided no reason to think that this will change. Fiedler probably won’t be back until December, which may be too late to lead the team back into the playoff hunt. Mike Dunleavy won’t continue to suck. He’s had a miserable start to the season, averaging 2.4 points per game while shooting 13.8 percent from the floor. Anyone who watched Dunleavy play during his

under “mortal lock.” Texas basketball won’t live up to its preseason expectations. Number four in the preseason AP poll? Are you kidding? This team was 22-12, defeated exactly two ranked teams and was a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament last season. T.J. Ford is the real deal, but these guys aren’t going to New Orleans anytime soon. If it’s at all possible, the NBA will get even more unbearable to watch. Duke will win a close one at home against Butler Jan. 30. Mike Krzyzewski scheduled Duke

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For the Tar Heels, junior Casey Coble and sophomore Reid Owen both turned in impressive meets, as each picked up a pair of individual wins. The loss dropped the women’s team to 4-4 overall and 0-3 in the ACC. The men’s side, which picked up its first win of the season last weekend, is 1-5 overall and 0-3 in the conference. The Blue Devils get a few days off before competing in their next meet, the George Mason Invitational in Fairfax, Va., Nov. 22-24.

cent from 3-point range. He holds the school record for long range shooting, hitting 50 percent as a junior. Kansas coach Roy Williams is succinct when talking

season while playing 38.2 minutes a game. A thirdteam All-America pick last season, he shot 38.4 percent from three-point range and his 106 threes were third most in school history. “He’s the guy that has to direct pretty much everything,” Olson said of his point guard. “It isn’t a case of where he’s saying a whole lot, but when he says something, a lot of times it’s pretty stem. He’s not afraid of getting into somebody’s face. He’s a tremendous competitor and he expects everyone to compete.” West, a second-team All-America selection last season, averaged 18.3 points and led the conference in rebounding (9.8) and blocks (2.5). The 6-9 forward surprised a lot of people when he decided to return to the Musketeers for another season. “I thought he was gone,” second-year Xavier coach Thad Matta said. “When he announced he was staying, I was shocked.” Hinrich averaged 14.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists for the Jayhawks last season, hitting 47.8 per-

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country,” he said. Dudley was a third-team All-American last season and was chosen the Southeastern Conference’s player of the year. The 6-8 Dudley averaged 15.2 points and 8.9 rebounds while shooting 56 percent from the field. “He’s a throwback guy, kind of old-fashioned,”

Crimson Tide coach Mark Gottfried said of Dudley. “He’s a low-key guy. He’s not really interested in all the hype.” Tayshaun Prince of Kentucky was the only senior on last season’s preseason All-America team, but the other four—Jason Williams of Duke, Casey Jacobsen of Stanford, Kareem Rush of Missouri and Frank Williams of Illinois—all declared for the NBA draft as underclassmen. Jason Williams, last season’s national player of the year, was the only member of the preseason All-America team to earn the first-team postseason honor as well. Jacobsen was on the second team and Prince the third.

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Academic WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Brown Bag Lunch Speaker Series: 12pm. “Anthropology and Documentary Fieldwork,” Orin Starn. Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W. Pettigrew Street.

Biology/Dissertation Seminar: 4pm. Caitlin Coberly, Duke University. “The cost of white flowers.” 111 Biological Sciences. Teer House: 7pm. Necessary Conversations with Aging Parents. Edna Ballard. Call 416-DUKE. 4019 N. Roxboro Rd. Duke College Bowl: Bpm-10pm. 107F West Duke Ph.D. Emil Thomas Chuck, Building. etchuck@ yahoo.com. The Duke Center for Multicultural Affairs and the Academic Resource Center Present: Bpm. “Succeeding in Chemistry.” Multicultural Center, 0010 Bryan Center. Questions, call 684-6756. Panel Discussion: Bpm. Race, Class, and HealthDisparities In Our Health Care System. The North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition host a panel discussion regarding inequalities in healthcare. Multicultural Center Lounge.

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Systematics Seminar: 12:40pm. Sang-Hun Oh, Duke University. “Phylogeny and biogeography of tribe Neillieae (Rosaceae) inferred from DNA sequence data." 144 Biological Sciences. Sarah P. Duke Gardens: 2-4pm. Elizabeth Sanders, “Flowers. Through History.” Call 684-3698. Duke Gardens, Adult Classroom, West Campus.

4pm. Genomic response to ecological change: finding the lost pines. Claire G. Williams, Professor in Genetics and Forestry, Texas A&M University. A247 LSRC.

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Perkins Library: 7:3opm. English department faculty member Joe Ashby Porter reads from Touch Wood, his new collection of short stories. Call 684-3009. Rare Book Room, Perkins Library, West Campus. is: Bpm. Dr. Shakti Butler will speak on “Connecting the Head and Heart: An Inner Journeyon Behalf of Sodal Justice and Change

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Religious WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Presbyterian/UCC Ministry Bible Study: 12:15-1 pm, Wednesdays. Bring your lunch and Bible. Chapel Basement. Room 036. Catholic Mass; s:lspm, Wednesdays. Duke Chapel Crypt. Campus Ministry Service.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Presbyterian/UCC Campus Ministry Drop-in Lunch: 12-1 pm, Thursdays. Chapel Basement Kitchen.

Screen/Society: Bpm. “Amuleto de Ogum” (Amulet of Ogum). Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. More information about the film series can be found at www.duke.edu/web/film/screensodety. Institute of the Arts: Bpm. David Daniels, countertenor. David Daniels is one of the new breed of countertenors who are carving out a future for the voice. Call 684-4444. Page Auditorium, West

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Senior Class Dorm Reunions: 6pm, Randolph/Blackwell, 7:3opm, Giles/Wilson. Free Food & Drink at the Dillo. Reunite with freshmen buddies at Armadillo Grill, Bryan Center.

Wesley Fellowship Eucharist: s:3opm, Thursdays. Wesley Office Chapel Basement.

After Hours and Exhibition Opening: 6pm. “Pedro Figari (1861-1938): Lines of Uruguayan Life, A Student Curated Exhibition." Paintings and drawings. Lectures by Duke University Student Art Volunteers (SAVy) curators, reception. DUMA.

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SEAD: 7pm. Duke Divinity Ph.D. candidate. Edwin Tait will speak at SEAD, Scholarly Engagement with Anglican Doctrine. St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, parish hall (located across from East Campus on Main St.) All are welcome. Call 286-1064 for information.

Freewater Films: 7, 9;3opm. “His Girl Friday” with Cary Grant. Free to students, $4 for employees and Call 684-2323. Griffith Film $5 for the public. Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus.

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Tuesday, during the middle of the tumultuous mid-term elections, Harvey Pitt, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, submitted his resignation to President George W. Bush, thereby ending one portion of the drama that has entangled the SEC over the past several years of Pitt’s reign. Now that Pitt is out, Bush has the perfect opportunity to appoint someone to the position who will clean up the accounting mess and restore investor confidence in the SEC and the markets. Bush should obviously choose a new candidate who is as squeakyclean as they come and as committed and able to root out corporate fraud and treachery as possible. The importance of having a vigilant regulatory agency for the financial markets cannot be overstated. Properly functioning financial markets are the most efficient way to allocate resources. However, financial markets cannot function without a free flow of information, and if corporations are cooking the books then the financial markets do not work as they should. It is abundantly clear that Pitt was not the right man for the job and that he was not as dedicated to rooting out corporate fraud as he should have been. For example, Pitt missed the accounting irregularities that brought down Enron, Co. and Worldcom, Inc., and, in general, he is far too close to the companies he is trying to regulate. He has had to recuse himself from many hearings because of conflicts of interest and he is too sympathetic to business interests. Indicative of this problem is Pitt’s statement that he wants a kinder, gentler SEC—one thing this country and the markets do not need is a gentler SEC that is less willing to investigate corporate malfeasance. Of course, any qualified head of the SEC will have some ties to corporations; however, it is surely possible to find someone who has fewer ties than Pitt and can be a more objective observer and regulator of financial markets. The SEC also suffers from other problems unrelated to Pitt, such as a serious lack of funding that prevents it from undertaking all necessary investigations. In addition to selecting a new qualified, objective head for the organization, Bush should also work to increase the funding of the SEC in order to ensure that it can carry out its assigned tasks. At this time, what the nation’s economy really needs is a boost ofconfidence. Pitt’s resignation gives the administration a chance to start over with the SEC and consequently gives the agency a chance to restore the credibility of businesses and the faith of investors in the market, which is still feeling the fallout from recent corporate scandals

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I feel that ifpeople aren’t willing to open themselves up before and expand themselves culturally, they are not going to now. If you’re black, you still live with black students. Akosua Kankam, Black Student Alliance vice president for community affairs, on housing stats showing more diversity on West Campus (see story, page one)

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All must work together to eliminate sexual violence I must say I was both touched and pleasantly surprised by Nick Christie’s commentary “The strength of a victim.” I too absolutely hate sexual assault; nothing makes me more livid than hearing about someone stealing something that precious from another human. I applaud Nick Christie for devoting his column to an issue vital to the health of Duke’s campus. However, I certainly disagree with his implication that the survivor of the Dormitory Wannamaker assault and author of last Monday’s guest commentary acted in a cowardly manner by writing her article anonymously. First, this young woman was discouraged by others from attaching her name to her column for compelling safety rea-

sons. It was not her initial intent to write the commentary

anonymously. Secondly, I would like to point out how incredibly brave this young woman is. She not only has continued to live and study and thrive on this campus after experiencing such horrific violence

here, but not even a month after her assault, she has begun a monumental effort to prevent future sexual assaults on this campus. Her call for others’ stories about sexual assault and rape is the start of a long-term effort to make sexual violence such a frequent topic of conversation that eventually no one is so uncomfortable with it “that they are willing to bury their heads in the sand for comfort.”

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I would also like to suggest that Christie is wrong in saying there is little he can do to

change things; in fact the

fight against sexual assault is one that must be fought by everyone. I believe it is incor-

rect to place a heavier burden on survivors of such violence. To all of you who are bothered by sexual assault on this campus: talk about it with your friends, especially those who might be uncomfortable with the idea; write about it in The Chronicle; educate yourself about it; whatever you do, don’t be silent! Sexual violence affects every one of us, and thus we all

must work together toward its extinction.

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Men should oppose rape with action, not just words While undoubtedly written with good intentions, Nick Christie’s column, “The strength of a victim,” completely misses the mark regarding a man’s role in sex-

want to be attacked. It seems as though Christie recognizes that reducing sexual assaults on campus is the responsibility of both women and men, but his anger and guilt do nothing to solve this problem. Instead of writing sanctimonious columns about what a virtuous man he is, I urge

close to him, Christie inad-

Christie, and others who share his sentiments, to actually do something to prevent sexual assault, like get involved with Sexual Assault Prevention Week, volunteer at Safe Haven, or become a peer educator through the Healthy Devil and lead pro-

ual assault prevention. By self-righteously—and irrationally—taking responsibility for the assault of women

vertently puts himself in the role of a hero and women in the position of “damsels in distress.” I think I speak for other women when I say that I don’t want a “knight in shining armor” to rescue me from an attacker; I simply don’t

gramming around campus. Christie does not need to feel “helpless” to prevent sexual assault, but it is far easier to feel guilty for not stopping an attack-in-progress than it is to take action to prevent assault from happening in the first place. Women do not need men to decry rape and announce how much they want to protect us. Instead, we need proactive partners to get involved and work toward eliminating sexual assaults at Duke.

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Washington Duke provided housing for women In The Chronicle’s Nov. 11 issue, both the front page article, “University celebrates merger anniversary” and the editorial “An equal education,” evidence some confusion about the history of the Woman’s College ofDuke University, and indeed about the history of the In 1896, University. Washington Duke (no “B”) provided $lOO,OOO for Trinity College’s endowment with the proviso that the college “will open its doors to women placing them on an equal footing with men.” Now, by a vote of

the Trustees, women had been admitted to classes regularly since 1892. However, because there was no dormitory for them, female students were not admitted to residences on the campus. By requiring the college to open “its doors,” Washington Duke meant to admit them to residence. He then provided the funds to build a women’s dorm. Incidentally, this became in 1897 our first coed dormitory, but that’s another story. In 1930, the rebuilt Trinity College campus—now East

Campus—became home to the Woman’s College of Duke University. Trinity College for Men and the graduate and professional schools opened on the newly completed West Campus. Both campuses were made possible thanks to funds provided by Washington Duke’s son, James B. Duke, who created The Duke Endowment to support education, religion and health and child care in the Carolinas.

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Opposition to hate should cut both ways

Jerry Falwell is a bigot and idiot for calling the prophet Mohammed a “terrorist.” Such comments should be denounced from every quarter. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations said, “When it comes to hate,

Islam” and that by targeting terrorist financing, the United States is “attacking Islam.” The executive director of the American Muslim Council declared in front of the White House, “I support Hamas and Hezbollah” (groups which have killed hundreds of Americans). In London, al-

ment speaker disingenuously airsion of what Islam is, whether it will be brushed away the call to violence associdefined by Islamic Jihad and its ilk, must ated with “jihad,” Muslim-American be made by Muslims, and it must be made women sue Florida and Illinois for the by them assailing terrorist co-religionists “right” to get a driver’s license while rather than those outside the religion who being picture-IDed with their veils on, dare to inject uncomfortable facts into the silence equals consent.” Hooper’s statebut emit not a peep about Saudi women conversation. ment is beautiful and absolutely right. Yet Mujahiroun held a celebratory conference not being allowed to drive. And until moderate Muslims castrate CAIR and other Muslim-American organion Sept. 11 this year titled “A Towering Day Muslim-Americans rightly call for a these psychopaths as the United States zations are strangely in History.” Forgetting the disgusting pun, dialogue on Islam, but whenever anyone did to the KKK, make their preachers mute when it comes to where is the outrage at this hate speech? questions inflammatory verses in the stop using sex with celestial virgins to the diarrhea of hate Where is the recognition that when it Qu’ran used by imams to inspire murder sell mass murder by suicide, preach to | spewing from mosques comes to root causes, this cancerous venom and justify targeting of civilians, they young men that terrorism leads not to % and madrassahs all over is front and center? It is immoral to seek are ignored, accused of bigotry or obfus72 virgins in heaven but one 72-year-old the Middle East. the protection of the Constitution yet not cated by red herrings like Timothy virgin in hell, that funding terrorism is w Every Friday, imams stand up for its principles against those McVeigh and Baruch Goldstein. But neither charitable nor Islamic and ultia^a and grand muftis at who despise them. Indeed, when it comes McVeigh, Goldstein, etc., are universally mately repudiate not only the terrorist mosques in Yemen, Qatar, Ambati to hate, silence equals consent. reviled within their communities, methods but the imperialist ideology of Iraq, and even the holy Sweep Daylight Make no mistake: Sept. 11, where men whereas Osama bin Laden is cheered by Islamic fundamentalism, there is a huge of mosque in Mecca, pray: coveted murder over their own lives, was media, mosques, and madrassahs. More problem for the civilized world. “0 God, destroy the Jews, destroy the a hate crime. The difference between importantly Islamic fundamentalists For if moderate Muslims won’t take out Christians, destroy the Hindus”; “0 God, Falwell and the Middle East’s bigoted cross oceans to kill thousands, demontheir own garbage, sadly the militaries of the Jews and Crusaders are the filthy sons imams is not their hate, but that Falwell strating both global ambition and reach. democracies will have to. of pigs and monkeys. Destroy the Jews who does not fund, call or inspire his followers Young men are continually brainwashed the Qu’ran describes as wicked”; “0 God, to murder. Indeed, since Sept. 11, into mass-murdering others by entice- Dr. Bala Ambati is a former fellow in the destroy all disbelievers. 0 Muslims, rise up Americans at all levels—from President ment of getting 72 celestial virgins. On School of Medicine and is currently on in jihad. Terrorize the disbelievers in their George W. Bush’s visit to a mosque to Sept. 11 not only Palestinians but the faculty at the Medical College of homes”; “Jewish women are yours to take, Rudolph Giuliani’s assigning police to Kuwaitis (even the information minisGeorgia. His column appears every third Wednesday. legitimately. Enslave them”; “Islam allows protect Islamic centers on the very ter) celebrated. There is a large evening of Sept. 11 to the average citiacts such as the Bah attack.” Arab newspapers proclaim that Jews eat the blood of zen—have taken measures to prevent an problem—not one Muslim children for Purim and Passover, anti-Muslim backlash in an admirable or two crazies, but and TV stations propagate the lies of the display of tolerance. Sadly, this has not an ideology with Protocols of the Elders of Zion. This hate been reciprocated in any substantial way numerous sympathizers—lslamic by the Muslim-American community. reaches across the oceans. While Muslim-Americans hold countfundamentalist In Greensboro on June 21 of this year, the Ameer of the Islamic Center proless protests against Israel’s treatment imperialism—that claimed, “Remember, you cannot appease of Palestinians, have they held a single seeks to destroy Israel, the Jews who run this country.... They one protesting Osama bin Laden’s treatshatter will pursue and persecute you.” On 60 ment of Americans? Perfunctory con- India, cripple the Minutes , a Muslim high school student in demnations and pro forma condolences United States and Brooklyn declared that if she “blew up a do not count; where is the fervor, the ultimately convert & naval base, [she] would go to heaven.” rage against the mass murder of fellow the whole world to Textbooks at the Islamic Saudi Academy Americans as there is about treatment a perverse brand near Washington teach that it is “okay to of Palestinians? Governments and ofIslam. The probhurt and steal from those who are kufr organizations from around the world lem is not just ter[non-Muslim]” and that on Judgment took out full-page ads in the New York rorism but its Times condemning the terrorists in the aims. It seems to Day, trees will say, “Oh Muslim, oh serhere is a vant of God, Jew hiding behind weeks after Sept. 11. Was there a single me that it is not for Americans to me. Come here and kill him.” one from Muslim-American organizaThe co-founder of Global Relief, an tions? While Bush was pounced on for decree what is Islamic “charity” in the United States, using “crusade” to describe defensive Islam and what it, CivwJKuifa. declares that “financing jihad is part of military action, Harvard’s commence- is not. The deci-*

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A light in the tunnel For a brief, shining moment last Friday, the world didn’t seem like such a crazy place. When all 15 members of the UN. Security Council, including Syria, raised their hands in favor of a UN. demand that Iraq submit to unrestricted inspections of its weapons arsenal or else

Thomas Friedman Commentary face “serious consequences,” it was the first hopeful moment I’ve felt since Sept. 11. It was the first time since then that the world community seemed to be ready to overcome all of its cultural, religious and strategic differences to impose a global norm—that a country that raped its neighbor and defied UN. demands that it give up its weapons of mass destruction not be allowed to get away with it. In a year in which the “I-hate-you” virus has been loose around the globe, and everyone is either mad at everyone else or telling everyone else to go to his comer—“Muslims, go to your comer”; “Jews, go to your comer”; “Christians, go to your comer”—one could savor a momentary countertrend. How did it happen? Well, the short answer is that we learned something surprising this past week—that in the world of a single, dominant superpower, the UN. Security Council becomes even more important, not less. France, Russia and China discovered that the most effective way to balance America’s overwhelming might was not by defying that power outright, but by channeling it through the United Nations. And the George W.

Bush team discovered that the best way to legitimize its overwhelming might—in a war of choice—was not by simply imposing it, but by channeling it through the United Nations. In other words, “to the extent that the world wants to balance American power, without being against America, countries need to make it worth America’s while to go through the UN., by producing a credible resolution,” said the Mideast expert Stephen Cohen. “And to the extent that America wants to take on what it alone defines as the axis of evil, but not have to act alone, it needs to go through the UN. as well.” Without the Security Council, we would have to exercise power nakedly—something Americans are ready to do in a war of seif-defense (Afghanistan), but not in a war of choice (Iraq). And without the Security Council, others would have to balance our power nakedly, something they are ready to do in self-defense, but reluctant to do in a war of choice. The superhawks complain that Bush made a mistake going through the United Nations, because now he’ll never be able to use force if Saddam remains defiant or has hidden his weapons. Not only is this wrong, but Bush had no choice—not because he had to please the Eurowimps, but because he had to please the American and British people. The American public told Karl Rove, and the British public told Tony Blair, that Iraq was a war ofchoice, and while it may be a legitimate choice, they did not want to fight it without the cover of the United Nations and the support of its key member states. Because there is no war in Iraq that does not end up with a long-term occu-

pation and nation-building, and that can’t be effectively pursued alone or under an exclusively US. umbrella. Rove, Blair and Colin Powell communicated that to Bush—who then deftly balanced a threat to go it alone with a diplomatic effort to avoid having to do so. As I said, all this made for a pretty good weekend (unless you’re Saddam). But will it last? That depends entirely on the United Nations’ ability to see this resolution through. Countries could vote in favor of the Iraq resolution for all kinds of reasons: Some powers were seeking balance; Syria was buying life insurance. But to stand together to actually implement a credible inspections resolution —and to endorse the use of force if Saddam resists—the parties actually have to believe in it. The Americans have to be prepared to actually stand down if Saddam really complies, and the Europeans and the Arabs actually have to be prepared to stand up—or more likely, stand out of America’s way—if he doesn’t. What an improbable moment. There must be some larger forces driving it; The American administration most skeptical of the United Nations ends up breathing a whole new life into the organization. And the countries most worried about American unilateralism—France, Russia, China and a nation that just barely missed making the short list for the axis of evil, Syria—end up legitimizing an American threat, if not the American use offorce. I wonder what will happen next weekend Thomas Friedman’s column is syndicated by the New

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